I
had a great conversation with a friend of mine this week. The future, the
present, and our station in life continued to be a theme as we worked through
to solve all the world’s problems (in our minds, anyway). The discussion
continued to come back to a philosophy of being satisfied and being fully
“present” versus being overly focused on a past or future situation. I
was reminded of this quote that bears pondering this weekend:
If you would attain to what
you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where
you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep
walking, keep advancing. ~Saint Augustine
Progress
always comes from displeasure and dissatisfaction. Conversely, happiness
seems to emanate from satisfaction and acceptance. Progress and
happiness, then, on the surface, can never seem to coexist for long. One
must give way to the other. Unless, perhaps, we can be happy in the
PROCESS of progress, and dissatisfaction in the PRODUCT. Perhaps, only
then, can we improve, move forward, achieve our results and still be
happy?
Something
to think about. And even disagree with!
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